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Indigo Books is seeking to hire a permanent part-time bookseller. The position is available immediately.The successful applicant would be a person who loves to read and talk about books, enjoys meeting people, and can work in a multi-tasking environment. If you would like to discuss possibilities, please send your resume to Linda Malcolm at Indigo Books, LMMALCOLM@aol.com, or drop it off at the bookstore.
Cloud Cuckoo Land: noun Cloud Cuckoo Land is a state of absurdly, over-optimistic fantasy or an unrealistically idealistic state where everything is perfect. Anthony Doerr’s new novel (after the Pulitzer-winning All the Light We Cannot See) will be released on September 28th. As I was reading an advance copy of Cloud Cuckoo Land, I would often remark to my husband, “This is a weird book.” Now, if you
If you like true stories involving animals and adventure, this book is for YOU!! West with Giraffes by Lynda Rutledge. A cross-country road trip in 1938 was of itself an adventure. Add two West African giraffes, an eighteen year old from the Dust Bowl Panhandle, an Old Man who has a way with animals and a secretive past, and a young red-headed woman photographer yearning
Submitted by Linda Malcolm, owner of Indigo Books at Freshfields The literary world lost a few of its stars over the past year, Larry McMurtry and Beverly Cleary most recently. The author whose passing touched me most was Sharon Kay Penman who passed away earlier this year at 75. She was one of my favorite historical fiction authors, a writer whose detailed, precise prose enhanced
(timely little post from Linda Malcolm–) The Windsor Knot by S. J. Bennett As she nears her 90th birthday, Queen Elizabeth II is enjoying some time at Windsor Castle. Prince Charles has arranged a “dine and sleep” for a few dozen friends, complete with entertainment by a handsome Russian pianist (who also dances a mean tango.) By morning, however, the young pianist is dead and
The Classics Revisited First, there was Madeline Miller’s Song of Achilles followed by her Circe (currently on the NY Times bestseller list). Both books look back to the Homerian sagas, The Iliad and The Odyssey and expand on those tales to imagine a deeper story about the action and characters we know from the classic tales. Natalie Haynes’ new book, A Thousand Ships, follows that
Top Library Recommended Titles for 2020 (compliments of Linda Malcolm, Indigo Books) LibraryReads, the nationwide library staff-picks list, offers the top 10 titles public library staff across the country love. These are their Favorites of Favorites choices for 2020: The Vanishing Half: A Novel by Brit Bennett. Centering on two twin light-skinned black girls who grew up in a strange town in the Jim Crow
The trade association Southern Independent Booksellers Association (SIBA) has released the finalists for its annual SIBA Book Awards. These are the fiction finalists. A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne FowlerThe Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady HendrixThe Prettiest Star by Carter SickelsHieroglyphics by Jill McCorkleThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettRing Shout by P. Djèlí Clark
NEW AT INDIGO, OCTOBER 27TH Among the new releases this week are books from perennial best-selling authors, from best-selling authors we haven’t heard from for a while, and some titles that point us towards the holidays. I haven’t listed the new James Patterson and John Grisham titles, but we have those too! Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South by Rick Bragg. A
Got your attention didn’t it? Thanks to Linda Malcolm for this reflection along with a few suggestions. ELECTIONS: A CIVICS LESSON It used to be that every school system offered a required course in US Government or “Civics,” usually in the sophomore or junior year of high school. For me, it was the sophomore year and Mr. Holman guided us through the mechanics of
